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Nevin Al Sukari - Sana'a - An imam who was shot on Wednesday outside a mosque near New York has died, a US official told AFP. ― Reuters pic
NEW YORK, Jan 4 — An imam who was shot on Wednesday outside a mosque near New York has died, a US official told AFP.
Police in the city of Newark, New Jersey, did not give a motive for the incident.
“Hassan Sharif was a Transportation Security Officer at Newark Liberty International Airport since 2006,” said Lisa Farbstein, a spokeswoman for the United States Transportation Security Administration where Sharif worked.
“We are deeply saddened to learn of his passing and send our condolences to his family, friends and colleagues.”
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Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Frage had earlier confirmed “police responded to a call of a male shot” Wednesday morning.
Officers confirmed that the man was the imam, and that the incident happened outside a mosque. An investigation is underway.
Since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war, there has been an increase in Islamophobic and anti-Semitic attacks across the United States.
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Images published by the New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) showed police vehicles deployed outside the Masjid Muhammad-Newark mosque, a two-story yellow and green complex. — AFP
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